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COMMANDER // 1886–1959

Yang Aiyuan

China3 battles1 war

Lifespan

1886 – 1959

1890190019101920193019401950Second Sino-Japanese War · 1937-1945Battle of Pingxingguan — September 24, 1937 · Republic of China · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Taiyuan — September 1, 1937 · China · Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Xinkou — September 13, 1937 · China · Second Sino-Japanese War

Active service 1937 — 3 battles across 1 war; first command at age 51.

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Yang Aiyuan (楊愛源) was a KMT general from Shanxi. From 1928 to 1930, Yang was the first chairman of the government of Chahar, a newly formed province of the Republic of China. In 1937, as a general of the KMT, he played an active part in the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Xinkou. He died in 1959 in Taiwan.

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Battles (3)

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